the foxx and the spaceman

For fans of Sanford and Son and/or Sun Ra . . .

Starting in the middle of things:

http://nightofthepurplemoon.blogspot.com/2010/11/fred-sanford-meets-sun-ra.html


And the whole magilla:

http://gorrillaface.blogspot.com/

another patient of the Ward

courtesy 39Online

I may remember this balmy bit of metafiction. It seems familiar. Or may've just read something like it in MAD.

But it's thanks to the good folks at Pleasant Valley Shopping who just posted this and other Montgomery Ward goodness.

proper medication

courtesy RhettandLink

I'm saving some of these great ads to watch after my periodontal appointment. But that's no reason for the rest of you to hold back.

Many thanks to the post-Fabulonian cabal who power The Hair Hall of Fame for sharing this Salt Lake Community College Cosmetology ad. After you've tipped your stylist, you can catch the making-of video here for add'l context/laughter.

And now another word or two or three from our sponsors . . .

For those who watch Glee and/or think of Alyson Hannigan one time at band camp:




Freedomize Explorer:




Bucks First:

out of their damn minds

The folks at PCL LinkDump post two videos that'll work some mighty voodoo: one of sonic DIY buzziness and another of one Bill (Wm. Burroughs) shooting another (Wm. Shakespeare).

An old compat musician/writer Michael W. Dean seeks not the Trail of the Lonesome Pine, but that of the Libertarian Punk out Wyoming way. And one day finds guns, bison and steam (if not in that order).

And he who has brought forth the planet that was FABULON, Chateau Thombeau and Wunderkammer sires within the without. Not crazy, per se. But adhering to the mind of no mind with the beautiful images and such.

Oh, wait--from A Basement of Curiosities, a man, his LP and a story . . .

well prepared

Extended Piano from Stephen Cornford on Vimeo.

A kinetic sound sculpture. Two guitar strings are attached to two bass strings of an upright piano. Mechanised bows play the guitar strings, whose vibrations resonate sympathetically through the whole piano. The sound is entirely acoustic.

Actually the above, cool as it is, is my second favorite. Works For Turntable posted here by Everyday Listening you really gotta see. And hear.

double shtick tape

Heino und Jerry im Über Space kindly brings us Nina Hagen and Don Rickles on Merv Griffin in 1985.

If that doesn't double your fun, there's always the story behind Evelyn Evelyn as told by singer/songwriter/force of nature Amanda F*cking Palmer.

Or perhaps the twin likeness of Philip Ahn/Master Kan from Kung Fu on If Charlie Parker Was A Gunslinger . . .

cool kids & cubes

Yard Sale Bloodbath shares a bit of 1985.

son of the forest breaks it down for us.

Don Kirshner, Dick Shawn and the like

On Magic Carpet Burn, everything Archie meets the 2-D Don K. & the music is born.

Fish Out Of Water puts us back in the vocal swim with the one & only Dick Shawn.

Otherwise, Ill Folks can set you up for a Cold Cold Winter.

freakin' Sealtest Ice Cream

Cotton Candy Truant could be no truer to its name that to bring forth this sugar-dosed bit of deja vu all over again.

the Great Santa Convergence of '09

A Basement of Curiosities is switching on the Santa Moog.

Magic Carpet Burn brings us a spacefarin' Santa (as well as the Three Stooges).

And Cotton Candy Truant presents Our Santa of the Flying Cupcake Bakery.

Meanwhile, People of Walmart has sighted Biker Santa on his stylin' new ride. (Tho' those antler handlebars seem to tell a sad & gruesome tale . . .)

And whoa, wait, this just in from Chateau Thombeau: Santa's flying first class on the cover of Jet magazine. As none other than Esther Rolle. Rock on . . .

And and and: on Sexy People, the Red and the Black dovetail nicely in Santa and Goths.

And again: a Merry Christmas Santa from Pathways To Unknown Worlds.

And, oh, hey, Aloha, Santa from Hooked On Stereophonic.

insert clever robot related title here

My servos are majorly glitching so . . .

Robots! on North of Onhava offers up a fun and jargon-free look at our imminent enslavement by cybernetic beings.

Nerdbots, as seen soaking up the open bar at Chateau Thombeau, are the very best friends money can buy.

Lovingly fabricated by thrift store adventurers, they no doubt come with a boilerplate waiver for buyers to sign: "In the event of a silicon insurrection" etc. etc.

Speaking of electronic BFFs, Furbys evidently roam the earth amongst the People of Walmart.

And for those looking forward to spending the holidays with a robotic master race, Magic Carpet Burn's playlist, Magic Christmas Burn, has just the tune for you.

when it rains it sizzles

Traffic stopping Spanish bubblegum (!?!) cards of actresses at PCL LinkDump. Sure there's Loren and Bardot, but freakin' Ida Lupino . . .

And at pulpnivora, the steamy headwaters of all this, waits Loretta Young and Ava Gardner as well.

And Jennifer Jones looking like she's way past ready for a girls' night out with Deborah Harry and Lydia Lunch. And like able to set asbestos on fire at 400 paces with a passing glance.

like Easter on Thanksgiving

That greatly missed aggregation of all that's brain-breakingly cool and grandly ironical returns to Earth in its newest incarnation, Chateau Thombeau.

unlaced at any speed

mudd up! serves up a mellow rejoinder to any holiday crazymaking in the form of a great song by a great singer in e x t e n d e d mix.

calling all space cadets

Percy Trout digs out some groovin' old Ideal toy at PCL LinkDump.

13 lets us know the best flying saucers are made of vinyl & have great cover art.

And And AND: Wrong Side of The Art shows multiple right sides of The First Men in the Moon.

gettin' in the spirit

Those Francophone biker-baker luchadores are at it again. A blindfolded esper is just one of several great pages from the Magician directory.

With a eye to disease & contagion, Day Of The Woman picks the top 11 Sickest Flicks (literally).

Allegory of Allergies presents the very thing for your local Haunted House.

And now, ladies & gentlemen, a holiday message from The Shaggs.

in with The In Crowd

No need to be blue.

Not when you're reading one of the world's most awesomest blogs, I'm Learning To Share!

This time 'round, ev'rything from non-peeps to woolies to WalMart to Loudon Wainwright III to Soupy Sales to unsung lyrics of TV theme songs and more.

Those who doubt it need only click.

Honi soit qui mal y pense.

and now the laughter starts

Yet another cool blog populating my imploding Google Reader is And Now The Screaming Starts. Riffing on Poe and invoking Jung is only the start of the fun in the latest entry.

FABULON is taking a hiatus, but there's always plenty to catch up on there for the ironically minded.

Meanwhile, Magic Carpet Burn presents all sorts of fun greasy kid stuff like old how-to articles on making oneself up as a ghoul or a Martian. Halloween is just around the corner.

how right wrong can be

Wrong Side of the Art has all the crazy damn movie poster images one might hope to see.

Exhibits A and B.

in a full bird Trans Am to Valhalla, Mississippi

An old friend just sent me this obit for Memphis music maker/record producer Jim Dickinson.

If in no mood for the greatest craziest damn music cranking from the Jensen coaxials of post-life, one might rejoin the living in the least likely of ways: via cell.

Mobile soundscapes, that is, presented by the good folks at Disquiet.